General: 2003/05 V70 D5 Tax bracket 2009

[biglads]

Some interesting points, however I'm not convinced that "Daily Mail" type op-ed frothing is really applicable.

Pretty much all other Western European countries are similar in Tax take. If they don't get you at the pumps, they'll get it straight from your earnings, or with a higher VAT rate....

There's all sorts of other ways in which the Government gets their slice. In France for example (I know a bit about that because I lived there for a while not that long ago), the taxes on employment for businesses (i.e. Employers NIC for the UK) are huge in comparison with the UK. You yourself may not see as much deducted from your money, but as the Company is always paying a load - that translates into lower wages.

Again, in France fuel is cheaper than the UK, just don't forget you pay tax when you use the Peage. We always hear that "We have the most expensive Fuel in Europe" - an easy headline but from memory, fuel is more expensive in the Netherlands than the UK....

There are plenty of things wrong in this country, looking at PFI and the (mostly) dreadful state of our rail & road network. However complaining about the cost of things and the Tax take shouldn't be what life is about. Quality of Life is more important than the exact amount of cash in your pocket. Food for thought is that the nations that habitually top the Quality of Life indices are those where the Tax take is the highest.

aaaaand it looks like my S80 has gone up by a fiver this year. Not too bad.

...and I'm looking to emigrate.

[prm36]

Originally Posted by tingymagig

im sorry but thats compleatly beyond the point i go out and work so i can live in a house buy food and every other thing i consider necasary to life i then pay over £1500 a month in income tax to pay for all the lazy f**kers in a house and on benafit (and no i dont mean everyone is on benafit i mean the pond life that have 8 kids who all have asbo's and nick everything they own)to get to work i drive so i decide to buy the car i always wanted (and can afford) a v70 i then get shafted on the diesel by paying tax on the tax thats already been added to the fuel and because i can afford a nice car i should be shafted by the goverment yet again by f**king road tax

I'm definately with you on this one, i've seen this country go completely down the skids in my 57 years, i'm off to the Czech Republic when i retire, cheap to live, great beer and the old get well looked after.

[Chris_Rogers]

Climb down on VED increases for post 2001 cars
+£5 next year and +£30 the year after:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/h...letereport.pdf

[davew]

What I find strange is I manage to be in the top band for CO2, for my T6 (I think it will be eventually be around 400 quid ish), but I run it on LPG so ultimatly I preduce less CO2 than most cars on the road.

It doesnt seem to make sense if CO2 emmisions are the yard stick.....

[faisalsiddiq]

Originally Posted by DieselDoNicely

Anyone know what tax bracket these fall into next year?

DDN

You can find information about latest tax band for Volvo V70 cars.
You can find tax band information of your car for current year. Volvo V70 cars in tax band from C to tax band K. Price range from £30.00 per annum to £460.00 per annum.